Mason was still wearing his uniform from the day when Sky's voice came over the intercom. He assumed that this was some over-zealous training exercise for the recruits. What choice did he have but to play along? He left the room after tucking the legs of his black cargo-pants into his boots. He plowed through the other recruits in the hallway, and glimpsed one of the instructors with a grim look on their face. A gut feeling hit Mason: that look wasn't fake... There was no denying the pain in a look like that. These guys weren't playing around. 

The reality of the situation swept over him as he hurried towards the armory. He caught a glimpse of Estella in the hallway as exited the weapons room. When he was in the room, he pushed past someone towards a rack of large guns. [url=http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140318082326/titanfall/images/9/9c/XO16Chaingun.png]He took the biggest one on the shelf[/url] and lifted it away. He set it on the table, quickly looked at it, and examined the weapon. He pressed buttons until he found the release for the ammo barrel, the shoved it back in. He quickly made sure he could use the weapon, grabbed it by the handles, and lifted it from he table. He had no problems clearing his own path through the recruits as he made his way to the roof. 

He found Sky on the room and joined him. He looked down at him, giving him a once over. He looked stressed. He inhaled and then spoke. "What exactly are we up against?" As he spoke, his eyes wandered over towards Estella. [i]God...[/i] He set his jaw. This was insane. Estella was a girl from Principle - she was used to luxury. He wandered his gaze through the other recruits. Mason wasn't personally afraid of anything, but in that moment he was afraid - he feared that his fellow recruits weren't ready to handle an Anomalous. He knew he had an advantage over them - he could lifted a bus. These were just teenagers as far as he knew... [i]as far as I know...[/i] The thought recurred to him and her repeated the phrase to himself. 

Maybe... just maybe, some of these recruits were also anomalous. He shook his head. That didn't matter. It was his job to help the rest of the recruits. It was his job to use his abilities to help others. He set his jaw and waited for further orders.

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